An anonymous group wants to blast Chris Gibson for allegedly supporting a deficit increase, but their mailer might have had more impact if it was sent to people who could actually vote in the 20th Congressional District race.

Several residents of the 23rd Congressional District received this mailer Thursday from the unidentified group, which is likely firing their unidentified post office messenger as we speak.

Mr. Gibson is the Republican candidate running against Rep. M. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls. The 20th and 23rd CDs border each other - but not anywhere near Watertown, where I received my copy - as you can see by comparing this map to this map.

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